What makes your day?
Adobe unveiled the winners of its tenth annual student prize Adobe Design Achievement Awards this week, with a UK student, Napatsawan Chirayukool, topping the animation category. Chirayukool, from Kingston University,
From the shadows
Next week, the Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first exhibition of work by contemporary camera-less photographers in a UK museum. The exhibition, which has been curated by the V&A’s
Editor’s blog
The London Design Festival is well behind us now, but other creative celebrations continue. Cardiff is still in the throes of its annual designfest and the likes of Barcelona and
Web Stories
Below are the top online news stories published by Design Week over the past week. Magazine subscribers can sign up for free e-mail alerts and access the archive at www.designweek.co.uk.
Voxpop
Webb & Webb has rebranded classic toy Playplax. What was your favourite childhood toy and why?
Peter & Paul brands BBC-backed village community project
Peter & Paul has been appointed to develop the branding for Taste Tideswell, a community-led project supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC.
Predicted rise in passengers triggers retail revamp by JHP at Bordeaux-Merignac airport
JHP is redeveloping the ’retail masterplan’ of Bordeaux-Merignac airport’s two original terminal buildings in France.
Ale and arty
French band Phoenix has worked with Inventory Studio and Valero Doval to create a series of limited-edition labels for bottles and cans for Beck’s beer.
Harp sharpens up
Holmes & Marchant has redesigned the packaging for Northern Irish lager Harp.
Latest articles
The new identity for Mexican beer Tecate resists “macho stereotypes”
Elmwood New York has updated the beer brand’s identity in an attempt to reach a younger and more “progressive” generation.
“Think Lego or Minecraft”: Designing a school in 15 minutes
Seismic, a collaborative construction project funded via Innovate UK, looks to speed up the process and reduce the costs of school building.
How Morrama is rethinking the life cycle of mobile phones
The studio’s Renew concept aims to create phones that are “upgradable” rather than replaceable, which could have financial and environmental benefits.
Museums Association's visual update balances heritage and activism
The campaigning organisation, which comprises over 10,000 members, needed an identity that would align it in the modern cultural landscape.
